"The
British Medical Journal recently published surprising results about
calcium intake and the risk of bone fractures. (BMJ 2011;342:d1473.)
This long term study of over 60,000 women in Sweden, born anywhere from
1914 to 1948, followed the calcium intake of these women and their
actual history of fractures for nineteen years..."

The authors
surprise? They write:

"...those in the upper quintile for calcium
intake actually had a paradoxically higher rate of hip fractures."

Lead author Michael Rosenbaum M.D. comments:

"High calcium intake
may backfire and increase the risk of fractures. High doses of calcium
can actually reduce bone remodeling or reshaping which is necessary for
the maintenance of strong bones. Bone that is not remodeled can become
brittle over time and becomes more prone to fractures."

QUESTION:
How did Dr. Michael Rosenbaum ignore the following evidence which I so
easily obtained???

ANSWER: Because he is a medical doctor trained in
a medicalcollege and his nutritional education was ignored as is the
case with modern medicine.

This new study astonished the researchers,
but should beof no surprise to Notmilk readers. In my book (MILK A-Z)
I offered this evidence from peer-reviewed scientific journals:

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"Even when eating 1,400 mg of calcium daily, one can lose up
to 4% of his or her bone mass each year while consuming a high-protein
diet."- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1979;32(4)

"Calcium intake demonstrated no protective in preventing bone
fractures. In fact, those populations with the highest calcium intakes
had higher fracture rates than those with more modest calcium intakes."
- Calif Tissue Int 1992;50

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"There is no significant
association between teenaged milk consumption and the risk of adult
fractures. Data indicate that frequent milk consumption and higher
dietary calcium intakes in middle aged women do not provide protection
against hip or forearm fractures... women consuming greateramounts of
calcium from dairy foods had significantly increased risks of hip
fractures, while no increase in fracture risk was observed for the same
levels of calcium from nondairy sources."- 12-year Harvard study of
78,000 women American Journal of Public Health 1997;87

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"Consumption of dairy products, particularly at age 20 years, were
associated with an increased risk of hip fractures...metabolism of
dietary protein causes increased urinary excretion of calcium."-
American Journal of Epidemiology 1994;139

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"Most
people don't realize that osteoporosis and thinning bones are
preventable. And, the good news is that no matter what the condition of
your bones, there are things you can do to make them stronger and help
reverse the condition." - Miriam Nelson